Susan Vanderplas is an assistant professor in the Statistics Department at University of Nebraska, Lincoln, researching the perception of statistical charts and graphs. She also works with the Center for Statistical Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) at Iowa State University, developing statistical methods for examination of bullets, cartridges, and footwear.
In her spare time (hah) she likes to sew, cross-stitch mildly off-color sayings, and bake things (usually badly).
PhD in Statistics, 2015
Iowa State University
MS in Statistics, 2011
Iowa State University
BSc in Psychology and Applied Mathematical Sciences, 2009
Texas A&M University
Conduct statistical analyses to support business decisions. Serve as a resource to shape future directions in data science and analytics across the district. Develop interactive reporting, data visualizations, and other software to support business needs. Analytics activities include prediction of electrical demand and employee turnover, assessment of equipment reliability and operational risk due to weather or changing environmental conditions, and modeling of employee compensation and completion time for mission-critical scheduling tasks.
Develop an internal training process for data science, leveraging online resources and cooperative learning groups to allow professionals to learn R, data visualization using ggplot2
, data cleaning using the tidyverse
, reporting using rmarkdown
, basic statistical modeling and machine learning techniques while integrating those skills into their current position responsibilities.
Part-time position Mar-2018 to present.
Develop web applications to present data and statistical analyses to targeted groups. Examples:
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